Crisis intensifies as US resumes Iran blockade Tehran vows Hormuz for 'everyone or no one' as Trump drops strait levy plan By CUI HAIPEI in Dubai, UAE, and JAN YUMUL in Hong Kong | China Daily | Updated: 2026-07-16 08:48

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202607/16/WS6a582a75a310986e2b4657b8.html The United States said on Wednesday it had begun a new wave of strikes against Iran after reimposing a naval blockade of Iranian ports, as the latest cycle of fighting stretched into its fifth day. The fragile ceasefire between the two countries is collapsing amid days of reciprocal strikes, with both sides locked in a bitter contest for control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.